Improvement in ice-houses



c. L|EBMANN'.. Improvement in Ice Houses. No. 125,820. I Patented ApriH6yl872.

UNITED STATES PATENT Crrron.

CHARLES LIEBMANN, OF BRQOKLYN, E. D.', NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN ICE-HOUSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,820, dated April 16, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHAnLEs LIEBMANN, of Brooklyn, E. D., in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ice-Houses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which drawing-,-

Figure 1 represents a transverse section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar section of the same, showing a portion of my drippingfloor in a larger scale than the previous figure.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts.

This invention relates particularly to an improvement in the construction of the drippingfioor of an ice-house, my drippingfloor being made of a series of compoundtroughs, each of which is formed of one piece of sheet metal with an internal channel to carry off the water resulting from the condensation of the moist-- ure in the cooling chamber, in such a manner 'that the construction of the dripping-floor is materially simplified, and, furthermore, the cooling effect of the ice is not obstructed.

In the drawing, the letter A designatesmy dripping-floor, which is secured tothe beams B situated between the ice-chamber O and the coolin g-chamberD. In the drawing I have representedmydripping-floorconnectedto thebottom edges ofironfloor-beams; but said floormay external side channels I) I) serve to carry off the water resulting from the condensation of themoisture in the cooling-chamber, said condensat-ion taking place on the under surfaces of the troughs and if the side channels b I) should be omitted the water resulting from said condensation would return into the cooling-chamber and prove a source of trouble.

By constructing the troughs E with the in ternal and external channels all out of one and the same piece of sheet metal, much time andlabor are saved, and a dripping-floor is obtained which is cheap, effective and durable.

The troughs E are provided with flanges c, which are clamped to the floor-beams by strips (1 and screws e, and by using these means for connecting said troughs to the floor-beams I am enabled to remove each trough for re pairs without disturbing any of the other troughs. But it must be remarked that my improved troughs with the compound channels' may also be connected together by solder so as to produce a continuous floor in case such floor should be preferable.

I do not claim, broadly, as myinvention the arrangement of a metallic dripping-floor supported by girders neither do I claim the combination with such drippingfloor of troughsto carry off the condensed water when the same are made detached from the plates or sheets composing the dripping-floor.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I A trough, E, for the dripping-floor of an icehouse, said trough being formed with a compound channel, a b b, all out of one and the same piece of sheet metal, substantially in the manner herein shown and described.

CHARLES LIEBMANN.

Witnesses W. HAUFF. E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

